Memorize these and recognize 41.1% of all Native Americans clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochise | 10 | When this Chiricahua Apache died in 1874, his son Taza succeeded him as Chief |
| 2 | the Navajo | 10 | They call themselves the Dine; since their language has no "V", they found this name unpronounceable |
| 3 | the Apache | 9 | Cochise, whose name means "firewood", led Chiricahua band of this tribe |
| 4 | Crazy Horse | 8 | He, not Sitting Bull, led the Indians at Custer's Last Stand |
| 5 | Sitting Bull | 7 | Prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn, he had a vision of soldiers falling into the Indian camp |
| 6 | the Seminoles | 7 | Runaway slaves used to hide with this tribe in Florida swamps |
| 7 | the Ghost Dance | 6 | Spooky craze that swept the Plains & led to the death of Sitting Bull |
| 8 | the Cherokee | 6 | In 1828 this tribe began publishing a weekly newspaper using their new alphabet |
| 9 | buffalo | 5 | 19th C. Plains Ind. Ghost Dance religion promised disappearance of Whites & return of these animals |
| 10 | Squanto | 4 | When the pilgrims got to America, they met this English-speaking Indian who had lived in England |
| 11 | Powhatan | 4 | When this chief, Pocahontas' father, died in 1618, he was succeeded by his brother Opitchapam |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 4 | State whose name comes from 2 Choctaw words meaning "red people" |
| 13 | Geronimo | 4 | The Apache Wars ended in 1886 with his formal surrender to the U.S. |
| 14 | Black Hawk | 4 | "Dark Bird" name of the man for whom a tragic 1832 war was named |
| 15 | the Nez Perce | 4 | This tribe of Central Idaho was noted for breeding the Appaloosa horse |
| 16 | Pontiac | 4 | This Ottawa chief might have captured Fort Detroit if his plan hadn't been betrayed |
| 17 | the Seminole | 4 | Osceola |
| 18 | Wounded Knee | 3 | Last Indian war battle took place at this S. Dakota site |
| 19 | the British | 3 | During the Revolutionary War, the Cherokee fought for this side |
| 20 | Tammany | 3 | A N.Y. political society was named for this chief of the Delawares |
| 21 | Sequoyah | 3 | This inventor of the Cherokee syllabary died in Mexico in 1843; his burial place is unknown |
| 22 | Pocahontas | 3 | In 1616 this Indian princess traveled to London to recruit colonists |
| 23 | Jim Thorpe | 3 | Coinciding with the '84 Olympics in L.A. was a memorial powwow & games honoring this athlete |
| 24 | the Sioux | 3 | Sitting Bull |
| 25 | the Iroquois League | 3 | In 1722, the Tuscarora, formerly of North Carolina, became "Sixth Nation" of this league |
| 26 | the Iroquois | 3 | A tribal group consisting of 6 nations, its name in its own language means "real adders" |
| 27 | Tecumseh | 3 | William Henry Harrison got nickname "Old Tippecanoe" from a battle against this Shawnee leader |
| 28 | Pueblo | 3 | The Spanish gave this name, meaning "town", to tribes they found living in apartment-like structures |
| 29 | Winnebago | 2 | A brand of R.V., or a Michigan tribe that did not live in them |
| 30 | Tobacco | 2 | Smoked in pipes, kinnikinnick was a mixture of sumac, the inner bark of dogwood or red willow & this plant |
| 31 | the Trail of Tears | 2 | "Sorrowful" term for long forced march of the Cherokee to Oklahoma, on which many died |
| 32 | the Sun | 2 | Dragging a buffalo skull is sometimes part of the Plains Indian dance named for this heavenly body |
| 33 | the Incas | 2 | 6 million people still speak Quechua, the language of these South American Indians |
| 34 | the Comanche | 2 | Allies of the Kiowa, they eluded bullets & arrows by hanging on side or under horses |
| 35 | Salmon | 2 | In 1990 the Shoshone-Bannocks of Idaho petitioned for the sockeye species of this to be protected |
| 36 | Sacajawea | 2 | The birth of her son, Baptiste, was recorded by Meriwether Lewis February 11, 1805 |
| 37 | Sacagawea | 2 | A woman claiming to be this Lewis & Clark companion died in 1884; she would have been about 100 |
| 38 | Ottawa | 2 | Pontiac was a chief of this tribe for whom Canada's capital is named |
| 39 | Oshkosh | 2 | B'gosh! A Wisc. city is named for this Menominee chief who helped the British capture Fort Mackinaw in 1812 |
| 40 | Massasoit | 2 | With Squanto serving as interpreter, this chief agreed to a treaty with the Pilgrims |
| 41 | Little Bighorn | 2 | In an 1898 article in McClure's Magazine, Two Moon gave his account of what happened at this June 1876 battle |
| 42 | lacrosse | 2 | Canadian Indians played 1st version of this sport with few rules & up to 1000 players in a game |
| 43 | Columbus | 2 | He was the 1st to call the Native Americans "Indians" |
| 44 | Chinook | 2 | A type of salmon is named for this tribe along the Columbia River |
| 45 | Chief Joseph | 2 | In 1877, this Nez Perce chief said "I will fight no more forever" |
| 46 | Canada | 2 | After Battle of Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull & his followers fled to this country |
| 47 | Arizona | 2 | With New Mexico 2nd, this state has more land set aside for reservations than any other |
| 48 | the Zuni | 2 | On an alphabetical list of North American Indians, this tribe is usually last |
| 49 | the Hopi | 2 | This people's Old Oraibi pueblo in Arizona, settled around 1150, may be the USA's oldest continuously inhabited village |
| 50 | the Creek Indians | 2 | The English named this tribe for the many streams that ran through their southern U.S. domain |
These appear 8+ times. Memorize these first.
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